Dartmouth vs. New Hampshire

Dartmouth and New Hampshire have 32 meetings on file, the first in 1901; Dartmouth leads the series 19–⁠12–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s New Hampshire 7–⁠3. The winner takes home the Granite Bowl. Dartmouth holds it.

Dartmouth wins
19
New Hampshire wins
12
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1901
Longest streak
15 Dartmouth
Current streak
1 Dartmouth
Last 10 meetings
New Hampshire 7–⁠3
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠0
1910s2–⁠0
1920s1–⁠0
1930s2–⁠0
1950s2–⁠0
1960s6–⁠0
1970s2–⁠1–⁠1
1980s0–⁠1
2000s0–⁠7
2010s1–⁠1
2020s2–⁠2
Average margin
21.9 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Dartmouth
16–⁠5 Dartmouth’s record at home
At New Hampshire
7–⁠3–⁠1 New Hampshire’s record at home
Shutouts
10

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Granite Bowl

Played for since
—
Held by
Dartmouth

Who holds it comes from the games on file: the winner of the latest regular-season meeting (bowl rematches aren’t played for it); a tie leaves it with the holder (the usual rule; the article doesn’t say). From Wikipedia’s list of rivalry games and the rivalry’s article (CC BY-SA). More on the Granite Bowl.

Games that tell the story

  1. Dartmouth’s biggest win1901: Dartmouth 51, New Hampshire 0by 51 points
  2. New Hampshire’s biggest win2006: New Hampshire 56, Dartmouth 14by 42 points
  3. Upset1973: New Hampshire 10, Dartmouth 9New Hampshire had a 6% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1980: New Hampshire 24, Dartmouth 7New Hampshire had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2022: New Hampshire 14, Dartmouth 0New Hampshire had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Dartmouth and New Hampshire, 1901 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The sun's story of the 1916 game: DARTMOUTH WINS ON HEAVY GRIDIRON Green Takes Opening Football Game With New Hampshire State, 33 to 0. GERRISH PLAYS WELL

    1916 · The sun, New York, Sep 24, 1916

  • The Evening star's story of the 1917 game: GUERN1TcH. GUARD IECH SCORES ON DARTMOUTH. New Hampshire Makes Gridiron His tory in Registering Touchdown.

    1917 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 28, 1917

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1921 game: Dartmouth Easily Wins Over New HAMPSHIRE

    1921 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 9, 1921

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Sep 20, 2025Dartmouth 27, New Hampshire 20at Dartmouth
Sep 16, 2023New Hampshire 24, Dartmouth 7at New Hampshire
Oct 15, 2022New Hampshire 14, Dartmouth 0at Dartmouth
Oct 16, 2021Dartmouth 38, New Hampshire 21at New Hampshire
Sep 17, 2016Dartmouth 22, New Hampshire 21at Dartmouth
Sep 27, 2014New Hampshire 52, Dartmouth 19at New Hampshire
Sep 26, 2009New Hampshire 44, Dartmouth 14at New Hampshire
Sep 27, 2008New Hampshire 42, Dartmouth 6at Dartmouth
Sep 22, 2007New Hampshire 52, Dartmouth 31at New Hampshire
Sep 23, 2006New Hampshire 56, Dartmouth 14at Dartmouth
Sep 24, 2005New Hampshire 49, Dartmouth 20at New Hampshire
Sep 25, 2004New Hampshire 45, Dartmouth 24at Dartmouth
Sep 27, 2003New Hampshire 42, Dartmouth 17at New Hampshire
Sep 27, 1980New Hampshire 24, Dartmouth 7at Dartmouth
Sep 29, 1979New Hampshire 10, Dartmouth 10at New Hampshire
Sep 25, 1976Dartmouth 24, New Hampshire 13at Dartmouth
Sep 29, 1973New Hampshire 10, Dartmouth 9at New Hampshire
Sep 30, 1972Dartmouth 24, New Hampshire 14at Dartmouth
Sep 27, 1969Dartmouth 31, New Hampshire 0at New Hampshire
Sep 28, 1968Dartmouth 21, New Hampshire 0at Dartmouth
Sep 25, 1965Dartmouth 56, New Hampshire 6at Dartmouth
Sep 26, 1964Dartmouth 40, New Hampshire 0at New Hampshire
Sep 30, 1961Dartmouth 28, New Hampshire 3at Dartmouth
Sep 24, 1960Dartmouth 7, New Hampshire 6at Dartmouth
Sep 28, 1957Dartmouth 27, New Hampshire 0at Dartmouth
Sep 29, 1956Dartmouth 13, New Hampshire 0at Dartmouth
Nov 10, 1934Dartmouth 21, New Hampshire 7at Dartmouth
Nov 5, 1932Dartmouth 25, New Hampshire 0at Dartmouth
Oct 8, 1921Dartmouth 24, New Hampshire 0at Dartmouth
Oct 27, 1917Dartmouth 21, New Hampshire 6at Dartmouth
Sep 23, 1916Dartmouth 33, New Hampshire 0at Dartmouth
Oct 2, 1901Dartmouth 51, New Hampshire 0at Dartmouth

Every game is listed as played on the field.